Dr. Sean Lan @drseanlan - Dr. Gallagher's Podcast x Dose of Dental Podcast #158

Top 5 Topics:

- How 28-Year-Old Dentist Dr. Lan Survived Cancer With No Symptoms

- Exposing the Dental Insurance Scam: Why Patients & Dentists Are Getting Robbed

- Why the Best Doctors Are Leaving Healthcare (And How to Fix It)

- “Military Paid for My Dental School, And I Would Do It Again, But Not For Any Longer”

- Dr. Gallagher Proposed on the Same Park Bench Where He Met Fiancée—5 Years Later

Quotes & Wisdom:

“I got one of the best cancers you can get—no symptoms, caught early, treatable. But it changed the way I think about everything.”

“A players don’t stay in systems that don’t reward A-player behavior. They leave.”

“Dentistry is heading toward the same burnout we see in medicine—because insurance and private equity are running the show.”

“Implants aren’t cosmetic. They’re functional. A denture gives 20% chewing power. A fixed arch gives 95%. That’s not cosmetic—that’s survival.”

“You’d never replace someone’s amputated leg with a wooden peg anymore. So why are we doing that with dentures instead of implants?”

“If there’s no limit on how little dental insurance companies can pay out, of course they’ll keep taking more and giving less.”

“Get your blood work done every year. I had no symptoms. I worked out. I was 28—and I had cancer.”

Questions:

(03:21) “How often are you doing full-arch cases? What does your caseload look like monthly?”

(04:07) “How are you getting those full-arch patients? Is it mostly referral-based?”

(04:57) “Would you say you’ve hit that ‘sweet spot’ in dentistry for yourself?”

(07:30) “You’re dating a Dominican girlfriend now—what’s the story there?”

(09:18) “Did she realize the proposal was happening during that walk?”

(11:20) “How often do you go back to Taiwan to visit your family?”

(12:53) “Would you consider doing one arch at a time on your grandfather to reduce surgical risk?”

(13:41) “How did you meet your girlfriend on the mission trip? What’s the story behind that?”

(23:10) “What did your surgeon say about making decisions during your thyroid surgery? How did that impact how you talk to patients now?”

(29:55) “Would you go through the military again for dental school and your career?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #158

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

- 6.2025

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